Norwegian English Dictionary

Norsk - English

sjofel in English:

1. mean


He is mean.
If you raise an eyebrow, it can mean "I want to have sex with you", but also "I find that what you just said is completely idiotic."
When my doctor told me to eat more vegetables, he didn't mean French fries.
The plants' mean height was 10,3 centimetres but some of them were as high as 15 centimetres.
He’s not very nice. He can be quite mean.
I mean it's just another manifestation of internet addiction really.
They don't use 'celeb' to mean 'rich man' over there. By which I determine that you are Japanese.
Although it's "Mac OS X", that doesn't mean that the Mac OS code itself has been upgraded to a new version.
The Waterfront's success could mean that other cities soon follow, creating areas that offer people a new kind of city living, with all the benefits and none of the stress, noise and pollution of crowded centres.
Did you know that when you say "America", it can mean the USA or the continent of both Americas?
It's written abazure (bitch). Surely this must mean a slut?
What do we mean by "global optimization"? It's kind of like if I gave you a pair of binoculars and told you to find me the highest mountain in the world, using only your eyes.
Being "really busy" does not mean running around and acting like you don't have time for anyone or anything.
In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.

English word "sjofel"(mean) occurs in sets:

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2. coarse


coarse manners/laughter
coarse hands/linen
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
I'd rather you didn't use such coarse language.
He's got coarse hands
Her skin is coarse from years of working outdoors.
Her dress was made of coarse wool.
He is coarse in manner.
Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.
But it is specially evil that the young maiden folk are exceedingly bold of speech and bearing, and curse like troopers, to say nothing of their shameful words and scandalous coarse sayings, which one always hears and learns from another.
Neil is a good boy but his way of speaking is coarse
When The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published, the novel was criticised for its coarse language.
Textures are used in interiors to make the décor of a room interesting, some surfaces reflect light (shiny and smooth) and others absorb light (matt and coarse).
The three basic textures can be classified as fine, medium or coarse.
I'm sorry, my Uighur is a little coarse.

English word "sjofel"(coarse) occurs in sets:

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